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Different Ending

posted 16 years ago by AiyaWhoAmI808
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Okay sorry to say, but I liked it! I liked that he didn't die! I know that's not the way they had it in Four Daughters but I didn't really care for that ending. I thought it was sad how he died, and the first thing she did was turn to the other guy...But yeah, I really really liked the ending for Young At Heart, partially because it was Frank Sinatra :-P hahaha I'm just totally glad he didn't die and he decided to live and he had a chance to be with his baby and all that ^_^ I'm a sap for happy endings like that :-P

"Perhaps just one more, Master Harry, for luck?"

[–] jashobeam5 16 years ago

If he had died, I would never watch the movie again. I was very glad he didn't, and yeah, mostly because it was Sinatra, but also because Doris Day would have been the widow.

[–] Rhiannon12866 16 years ago

I'm a sap for happy endings, too, but you've got to figure that they wouldn't kill Frank Sinatra off, or let Doris Day be sad. I'm watching this again and I was trying to remember which one had the unhappy ending. The first time I caught this version, I was kind of shocked because I remembered how it turned out...

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[–] andyvanm 16 years ago

I think Frank Sinatra should have been killed off than she could have ended up with Gig Young ,very strange feel about this movie

[–] droche-3 15 years ago

Yes, I wanted Old Blew Eyes to buy the farm. The character was a mopey bipolar suicidal loser, and the genes might have been passed on to the kid. A better ending would be for Gig and Doris to raise the changling on their own. And scruffy Francis would go to hell for wrecking his in-law's car.

"When you throw dirt, you lose ground" --old proverb

[–] HillieBoliday 16 years ago

I'm glad he didn't die either! I agree with another poster...if he had died,
I would not have been able to watch this movie again. Who could resist Frank
Sinatra. He was just so captivating in whatever role he performed.

I do have mixed emotions about Gig Young getting the raw end of the deal.

And I could have smacked that sister upside the head for creating all of that
heartbreak and uncertainty for everyone in that household....How utterly selfish she was!! PI$$ED ME OFF!!

"OOO...I'M GON' TELL MAMA!"

[–] i-love-movies-1 15 years ago

BUT if Frank had died, like in the original, Doris would have ended up with her "true love," Gig! I think I would have preferred that ending because I wasn't really feeling Doris and Frank, but I think it was cuz she was with him kinda outa pitty and because she was trying to be a good sister. I don't think that is a good foundation for a marriage. I think Doris and Gig together would have been a happy ending. I thought the Four Daughters had a "happy" ending, just not the typical one.

[–] AiyaWhoAmI808 15 years ago

I don't see it like that. I truly think she was in love with him. She even said so herself in the hospital. And though Four Daughters had a "happy" ending, it was kind of...shallow or something. Like, how could you do that to him?! Sure she wasn't in love with him, but to instantly go running back to the other guy after her husband just DIED? I thought that was selfish and cruel :-P An insult to his love for her...

"Perhaps just one more, Master Harry, for luck?"

[–] jaysea2 10 years ago

I have to agree with you...I love a sappy ending. We knew how Laurie really loved Barney. I've always thought it was a little different in Four Daughters. But...and PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong...I've heard and read (more than once) that Sinatra refused to do the film if Barney died in the end. He honestly did it HIS way!!! No pun intended...

And BTW...it's on today on TCM.

[–] johnd70978 8 years ago

One questions about timing. If Doris's character just found out she was pregnant the day before Christmas, how did she have a fully formed baby by Easter? Here in Pennsylvania it takes nine months, as the crow flies, to have a baby. Was Doris that good of a mother that she could speed up the process?

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